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A Game Boy Color spin-off of Resident Evil that mixes top-down exploration with a first-person combat mode where timing matters. Its story is non-canon, making it an unusual curiosity in the series.
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An early first-person shooter in which you clear an alien-infested space station room by room. You pick from a team of five characters with different strengths, and a fallen character is lost for good.
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A survival horror game where you play Lana guiding a young infected girl, Amy, through a quarantined city. The two-character teamwork is the core idea, though clunky controls and rough technical execution hold it back.
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You are a test subject trying to escape an SCP Foundation facility while escaped anomalies like the statue SCP-173 hunt you. Blinking as a mechanic, randomly generated corridors and constant dread make for a tense, scary experience.
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A love letter to '90s survival horror classics, with scarce ammo, a fiddly manual reloading system and puzzles in a small town overrun by mutants, told through three playable characters.
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Dino Crisis 2 trades most of the first game's survival horror for fast third-person shooting, letting you blast through a dinosaur-infested jungle with dual weapons and spend points on new gear. A brisk, arcade-flavored dino romp.
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Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
A minimalist first-person shooter where every gun action is manual: ejecting the magazine, loading rounds one by one, cocking the hammer. Randomized levels and scattered tapes tell a dark story in fragments, while turrets and drones punish every mistake.
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A grim 1996 first-person shooter that recreates the Alien films across 30 levels, as you blast through corridors full of facehuggers, xenomorphs and Queens with a range of weapons. The claustrophobic atmosphere and motion tracker build constant tension.
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A film tie-in action game where you play as different characters, including a raptor and a T-Rex, fighting and evading dinosaurs through jungle levels with a mix of shooting and platforming.
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81 %
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A first-person Resident Evil spin-off where you roam Umbrella-infested locations with infinite pistol ammo and aim at enemies with a targeting reticle. Choosing between two doors at each level's end branches the path.
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Capcom's survival horror classic sends agent Regina into a research facility overrun by dinosaurs. Scarce ammo, puzzles and relentless raptors keep the tension high throughout.
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